Kill Yours, Kill Mine

Grieving women sign up for Strangers on a Train–style revenge in this brisk spine-tingler from Kovacic (Just Murdered). Naomi has never gotten over the death of her sister, Jo, who was stabbed several years ago by her abusive rugby player husband. Encouraged by her therapist, Mia DeVries, to join a support group for traumatized women, Naomi soon learns that the five other members of the group also lost a sister to a violent partner. Mia offers the women a surprising solution to their anger and despair: murder. Each woman—including the soft-spoken Gabrielle, abrasive Amy, and no-nonsense Katy—will target the killer of another group member’s sibling, bringing along a second member for backup. Shocked but willing, Mia agrees, hoping the plan will bring her the closure no amount of therapy ever has. Kovacic’s dialogue sometimes clangs (multiple characters say they’d “do anything to make that bastard pay”), and the narrative structure grows repetitive by the end, but nauseating statistics about domestic abuse and a potent streak of righteous anger hold the proceedings together. Readers will take a grisly satisfaction in seeing these women mete out vengeance. Agent: Fiona Henderson, Bold Type. (Nov.)